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Sikul Himatk, Arizona

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. The Survey maps it on the Vainom Kug quadrangle. It stands 2,156 feet above sea level.

Sikul Himatk within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Sikul Himatk between 1997 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyHIGHWAY 86
7 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyGU-VO
16 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyBASE FIRE
11 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyR.C
10 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresPapago AgencyPISINEMO
21 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPapago AgencyCOVERED
21 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPapago AgencyWELLS
17 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencySR 86 MP 94

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sikul Himatk: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Geothermal, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Padres HesterCopper, SilverPast Producer
Horseshoe Gold PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer
Horseshoe PlacersGold, SilverProducer1774
San Tomos WellGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Vainom Kug4.9 miles14
San Luis4.9 miles18
Quijotoa5.5 miles14
Santa Lucia5.6 miles18
Kui Tatk5.8 miles14
Narcho Santos6.0 miles14
Maish Vaya6.0 miles14
Gurli Put Vo6.2 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Sikul HimatkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30595857The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 11300. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.